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ATI 5830 problem??

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I get screen flickering every three days ( every three days! ) then a few minutes later my screen goes a solid colour ( green, blue, grey) with vertical lines.

What could be my problem if it only happens every three days???
 
It's borked, RMA time.

It's unlikely that it's dieing religously every three days, it'll probably just be unstable.

Have you cleaned out and reinstalled the drivers? (Uninstall, boot into safe mode, driversweeper, CCleaner, some form of registry cleaner, boot normal, reinstall)?

That'd be my first port of call, check power connections etc, but it sounds like the card itself is dieing to me.
 
Well, iv had this issue since May, which was when i built the computer. It actually does happen every three days. Before it didnt used to happen so often. I sent the card back to overclockers sometime in June and they tested it and they came up with no errors. I have run furmark with no problems. I have tested my memory with memtest with no problems. I havent done a lot with the drivers. All iv done is uninstall them from add remove programs, and reinstall new ones from the ati website.

I did send the card to overclockers back in June. Do you think I can call them up now ( I mean its been about 2 and a half months since I last sent the card back)??
 
Have you got another hard drive? I'd be tempted to install an OS on another drive and test with that for a few days.
 
Im afraid I dont have another hardrive. Do you think it might be something to do with my bios. I didn't change anything when I built the computer, so everything is left as default. So, maybe I should change something to do with the RAM, or the voltage???? What do you think?
 
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